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Louie_86 said:

I dont do NG+ in fromsoft games, cause I dont like reestarting and having it all, I like the experience from the start. So I replay them quite a lot from the start. Ive replayed Bloodborne and Elden ring like 10 times each.

Similarly, i tend to replay classic rpgs/jrpgs that have left an impression on me over the year, mostly games of my childhood. I replay Chrono Trigger, Suikoden 2 and FF6 pretty much yearly. Its easier now that theres the FF pixel remasters and the Suikoden remasters as well.

Of more recent games, ive replayed Unicorn Overlord like 5 or 6 times, I just love me some tactical jrpg games and the Ogre Battle format of having squads is - to me - the best mechanic of the genre. I like it more than controlling individual units like you do in Fire Emblem or Tactics Ogre - not that I dislike those games, cause I like them  a lot. In fact ive replayed Tactics Ogre reborn quite a lot as well. 

The game i play the most is probably Monster Hunter (Wilds at this point) but since youre never really ever done with it until you decide you are I guess it doesnt count as replaying it.

Having all of this said, its rare that I finish a game and the immediately jump back at it. I usually play something else before I decide to replay an already finished game. 

Damn, Univorn Overlord is a long ass gamen I'm playing right now and having legit trouble 15 hours in where they branch paths. Can't figure out hood formations that don't get wrecked so I'm having a hard time coming back to it and getting really into it again like I was. Failing too many fights and the micromanaging characters spells is so confusing, like no way to tell what will be effected unless you alter it and then do a battle, alter too much and then you won't know what or why things are working or failing. 

And yes, New Game plus should actually be an extention of the game and legit keep the difficulty curve going like in the Nioh series but with Souls or Sekiro you are completely OP until you start nearing the final boss again and even sometimes then, you might be over leveled for the final boss. I always thought it would be cool to add in modifiers you can switch on or off for NG+, example being random debuffs and buffs or restrictions like getting hit is a fail state or in Sekiro NG+ you can only dodge and parry is removed, mixing them up would be so much fun. So I agree, a Fresh save is always better cause you can just basically speedrun through the game not having to explore for items or kit yourself in anyway... but in a ways that's fun after a long playthrough, feels good to destroy everything that was destroying you.